[ˈɪdɪət], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a stupid person
(e.g: I feel like an idiot who swallowed every lie I was told)

- a person having an intellectual disability
(e.g: he entered their employ and learnt their secrets by pretending to be an idiot)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a person of low intelligence): via Old French from Latin idiota ‘ignorant person’, from Greek idiōtēs ‘private person, layman, ignorant person’, from idios ‘own, private’